Eye-shield for automobile-drivers



1. F.' Kranz.; EYE SH'IELD FOR AUTONL'BILE DRIVERS. -APPLICATION lFILED AUG-29, |919.A

1,353,759sv Pmndsept. 21,1926.

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A TTOR/VEYS No.' fr A 0 JOSEPH F. KEITZ,A F JERSEY CITY, JERSEY.

EYE-SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILE-DRIVERS.

To all whom it mayl concern.'

Beit known that I, JOSEPH F. Knrrz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of J erse City, in the`county of Hudson and State o New Jersey have invented a new and Improved Eye-Si ield for Automobile- Drivers, of which the lfollowing is a full,

v clear, and exact description.

. My invention relates to a means to be worn by the driver and supported after the manner of eyeglasses or s ectacles and adapted to be utilized by t e driver for avoiding the glare from the lights of an automobile coming in the opposite direction or turning into the roadway from the left.

An object of the invention is to provide right and left eye shields so supported as to be out of the normal or stralght-ahead line of vision and so arranged thata slight movement ofthe head of the user forwar ly and downwardly will serve to bring the eye shields into-the oblique lines of vision and thereby be disposed between the eyes of the wearer and the lights of an automobile facing in the opposite direction or turning from the left into the roadway.

A further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the supporting means of the right and left shields may be varied to suit the wearer irrespective of the distance between the eyes.

The 'above and other objects as will appear are attained by the novel arrangement hereinafter more particularly described and defined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyving 'drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a front View of an eye shield embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

In carrying out my invention a suitable frame 10 is provided adapted'to be held on the nose of the wearer after the manner of e eglasses or-spectacles. In the form here sliiown, the frame presents right and left circular frame elements similar to a lens frame or frames of spectacles and connected by a bridge 11, the right and left frames -having spectacle temples 12, whereby the device will be sustained in position. Frame 10 may, as shown, be of a form adapted to receive lenses,.but its essential ofiice in the pecicatlon of Letters Patent. Patentt Stpl. 21, V1920. application sled august ae, 19149. semi amazones. I

present case is to afford support for diaphonpus or` transpicuous right and left shlelds 13 which in practice may be formed of colored or smoked glass, cel uloid, mica, or the like. 14 on the front ends of arms 15 on frame 10. The arms 15 are positioned on the frame 10 at different distances from the bridge 11, the rlght arm being near to said bridgel and the left arm farther from the bridge. The shlelds 13 are disposed in planes substantlally parallel wit each other and oblique to the (general plane ofl the supporting frame 10, an therefore, will be in planes at right angles to the oblique lines of vision in looking therethrough toward the left. Also, the supporting arms 15 are so positioned on the frame 10 at the top that the shields 13 will be above the (position of use, being disposed above and a acent to the normal oblique llnes of vision in viewing a vehicle at the left of that of the driver. In practice, the device having been adjusted in position by the driver the frame 10 will afford a clear vision unobstructed and unimpaired by the shield elements 13 but upon the device being dipped forwardly by the lowering of the head of the user, the respective shields are brought into the positions to be in the line of vision of the driver yin viewing an approaching'vehicle at the left. By having the shields sustained by the arms 15 or equivalent supporting means'a substantial distance in front of the plane of the frame 10, it will readil be seen that only the slightest lowering o the head of the driver is required to bring the shields downwardly into the line of vision. When not required to be brought into action, the shields and their supporting means atl'ord no obstruction to the ordinary vision straight-ahead or to the sides but can be brought into action instantly upon an appearance of a glaring light com- .Having thus described my invention, ll

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l.. An eye shelfl oroutomoble drivers, including n frame having mesme to sustain it in position on tbe Weer-er and permit unobstructed normal vision, right and left eve shields, and means extending' owurd y from said from@ at the to and permanently supporting seid eye shields in positions above the horizontal a substantiel. olistence forwardly of the plone thereof, so that the shields thereby lie above the normal lines, of vision and laterally of the straight-ahead lines o vision `or renxis of seid Emme end' Loewe@ airing the tilting of seid freine oivverdly 4xor bringing the seid shields into oblique lines of vision.,

2. Am eye shield for automobile drivers, including e freine hovng means to euetein it in position on the Wemer and. peimit un obstructed straight-ehem vision9 night end left eye Shields in plenes oblique to the gen eral plane of the frame, means supporting seid shields forwardly of the frame end letemlly of the normel lines of streight-eheed vision for ermtting; of the Weaiei bringing seid slneltls into obli ue lines of vision.

JUS PH F., KEKTZ. 

